330889 Tue Oct 03 02:07:12 -0700 2006 12 8 Midwest 0 1918043 I was wondering if anyone out there could help me. I know that the Lake Forest pastry shop is closed and has been for some time. What I would like to know is if anyone know how to get in touch with the original owners or how I could get the recipe for the caramel crunch rings they made. Thanks for any and all help. Craig Tue Oct 03 02:07:12 -0700 2006 44528 tycointl 1 1920198 Craig, The caramel crunch ring was our favorite bring-to-the-office cake! Perhaps the food editor at the Post-Dispatch could be of some help in your quest? While you are at it, the Gooey Butter Cake and the Paradise Cake recipes would be great to have. p.j. Tue Oct 03 21:44:35 -0700 2006 1918043 13038 p.j. 2 1920912 Actually, luck must have been on my side...I found out while surfing the web later after that post that one of the bakers from Lake Forest opened up his own bakery. It is called Clayton's Bakery and Deli. Website by same name. Has a phone number which I called and found out they make many of the original Lake Forest goodies....I see a trip to St Louis in my future!!! Thanks for your suggestion though. Wed Oct 04 03:22:33 -0700 2006 1920198 44528 tycointl 1 1922185 Clayton Bakery & Deli 11744 Manchester Rd, Saint Louis, MO 63131 (314) 821-2509 Thanks, tycointl! Unfortunately (or fortunately) for me, this is in way west county, far from my usual travels. Have any other St. Louis Hounds tried this bakery? p.j. Wed Oct 04 17:02:24 -0700 2006 1918043 13038 p.j. 2 1942779 Hey everyone, my dad is out there now and will be returning with a couple of coffecakes from Clayton's Bakery and Deli to let me taste them and see if they are like the old original ones. For about a year after ownership changed hands at Lake Forest, things tasted the same, then they changed I am guessing the caramel icing so that it tasted slightly burned all the time. I don't know if it was due to the help/labor or if the new owners switched to a cheaper cost/quality caramel icing on the rings...or, maybe I just grew older and the ole taste buds just aren't what they used to be. Thanks all for the replies! I'll let you know what I taste! Fri Oct 13 02:42:33 -0700 2006 1922185 44528 tycointl 1 1926102 http://www.claytonsbakeryanddeli.com/ Post Dispatch review: http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/entertainment/reviews.nsf/takeout/story/A931EF9A8B5ACB2E86256FE000714E9A?OpenDocument Thu Oct 05 22:10:30 -0700 2006 1918043 13403 Extreme Glow 2 1942781 thanks for the link! Fri Oct 13 02:42:52 -0700 2006 1926102 44528 tycointl 1 2104825 I grew up on Lake Forest, the owner from the 50s to the 70s invented many of the stollens, cakes and cookies. Unfortunately, he passed away in late '73 and his widow just passed away about two years ago. The bakery used the same recipes until the last owner decided he knew better than both the bakers from years past and the customers and decided to change the recipes..such as the caramel crunch ring, paradise pan coffee cake, the apricot rings, the raisin bread and even the hot cross buns...what sacrilege. Needless to say, about a year or so after he took over, the bakery closed for good. As far as I know the recipes are still with the family as well as the bakers that worked there through the years...but there would be conversions to be done, as everything was in pounds, etc., not cups and teaspoons or tablespoons... Sat Dec 16 06:12:54 -0800 2006 1918043 60098 lakeforestlover 1 3635093 Ok, it's been about 1 year since i've been on here...my dad brought back a couple of the caramel crunch rings (with the almond paste in it, not the regular way they make it now) and I was in heaven. He is heading out there again this week. But, today, when I tried to pull up the website, it said it was down...I'm getting a bad feeling about this. Can anyone tell me if they are still in business? thanks, Craig Sun Apr 27 19:53:16 -0700 2008 1918043 44528 tycointl 1 4201004 Hi tycointl, I'm native to STL but live in Western NC and was devastated when on a visit I found that the ONLY bakery I bothered to visit was gone. Last Christmas I went to Lake Forest Confections and paid three times the price for poor imitations of the caramel ring and gooey butter cake. Didn't like the candy either. Mrs. Sees is far better. I notice you've found information on a spinoff (Clayton Bakery?) and I'll write my daughters and ask them to check it out. Meanwhile I search for recipes that might come close to Lake Forest pastries. These were the kind of pastries I was raised on in North St. Louis and South St. Louis. Scrubby Dutch descendants doing what they do best. Speaking of "best" that's the difference. You can never substitute ingredients of lesser quality for the original and get the same reward. Thanks for your input. I appreciate you. Tue Nov 25 10:19:00 -0800 2008 1918043 243315 Jean B. 2 4202243 I'm wondering if there is any news about Lake Forest Pastry Shop recipes, especially if anyone has ever located their buttercake recipe. I looked at the web site of Clayton Bakery and Deli in Des Peres, MO referred to above, and it doesn't seem to have anything like the Lake Forest buttercake listed. Has anyone tried it? I remember the Lake Forest buttercakes from childhood, since my grandparents lived in St. Louis. One was plain, another was blueberry. Many in my family also loved their Paradise cake. A sad loss; I hope the recipes are archived, somewhere. Tue Nov 25 18:25:14 -0800 2008 4201004 243491 basic_kim 3 4701858 Lake Forest replacement is in business just west of its old location. They still have gooey butter coffee cake. Not sure about the rest. Lake Forest Confections - Hand Dipped Chocolates, Truffles & Candies www.lakeforestconfections.com 7801 Clayton Road St. Louis, MO 63117 (314) 721-9997 Wed May 20 15:51:38 -0700 2009 4202243 287563 spoonball 3 4827793 um, if you are talking about gooey butter cake clayton's bakery has it. i am not sure if they make blueberry but i know they make regular and almond. Clayton's also has paradise cake that tastes just like lake forests. its wonderful and amazingly good. hope i helped some. Fri Jul 03 13:48:54 -0700 2009 4202243 1090628 loudmouth2393